Labour Manager

Lead the planning, mobilisation, and allocation of construction resources across multiple projects and disciplines.

Develop and maintain workforce plans to meet current and future project demands.

Coordinate the onboarding, induction, and deployment of direct employees and subcontractor personnel.

Work collaboratively with project delivery teams to forecast labour requirements and respond to changing priorities.

Monitor resource utilisation, productivity, and performance, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency.

Ensure all personnel hold the appropriate competencies, certifications, and site authorisations.

Support recruitment activities and maintain strong relationships with labour providers and subcontract partners.

Produce regular resource reports, forecasts, and workforce metrics for senior management.

Promote a positive safety culture and ensure all resource activities comply with company procedures, client requirements, and statutory regulations.

Regular client engagement to maintain understanding of requirements to drive productivity in a fast-paced complex environment.

Significant experience in construction resource planning or operations management.

Experience within the petrochemical, oil & gas, refinery, energy, or other major industrial construction sectors.

Strong understanding of workforce planning, mobilisation, and subcontractor management.

Knowledge of construction delivery processes and project lifecycles.

Excellent organisational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience using Microsoft Office and resource planning or project management systems.

A sound understanding of Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) requirements within high-hazard industries.

Competitive salary.

Company car or car allowance (some levels.)

Mentored support within our ‘Career Development Association’, to work towards chartership.

24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays.

Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice.

Company Pension Scheme.

Flexible working based on a ‘core hours’ system.

1 x Professional Membership paid annually.

Hybrid working.

Employee assistance program.

Free onsite parking.

Bike to Work scheme.

Discretionary annual bonus.